Roadmap for growth: Liverpool council seeks feedback on 29,000-home Local Plan

Authorities in Liverpool are seeking public feedback on a new 15-year plan to build 29k homes in the city.

The proposals, which will also protect parks and green spaces from property developers, are being showcased this week in a public information roadshow.

Starting today (October 18), a series of pop-in sessions, presentations and debates will form part of a six-week consultation exercise on the council’s draft Local Plan.

With Liverpool’s population forecast to rise to almost half a million by 2033, Liverpool City Council’s draft plan has identified 81 detailed policies to manage the growth.

A major aspect of the proposals is to focus any future developments on brownfield land, including the building of new homes and making sufficient provision for regeneration and job creation in key employment areas.

The key priorities include:

• protecting Liverpool’s parks
• prioritising brownfield sites to for the creation of 29,600 homes by 2033
• identifying and protecting brownfield across almost 250 acres of land for economic growth, regeneration and job creation
• focusing shops and services in district and local shopping centres
• limiting the concentration of takeaways
• directing new student accommodation development and controlling over-concentration of houses in multiple occupation

The city council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Cllr Malcolm Kennedy, said: “Liverpool’s Local Plan is a roadmap for the city’s growth.

“It demonstrates our commitment to building new homes, attracting new jobs and critically, protecting our parks and opening up new ways for future generations to enjoy them.”

He continued: “Everyone living and working in Liverpool will be affected by this plan and what it sets out to achieve – which is a healthier and more prosperous city - and we want to hear from as many people as possible in this consultation to help us fine tune those aims.”

The 300-page Local Plan will replace the city’s existing Unitary Development Plan 2002. A national Government requirement, the document will be scrutinised by an independent Government-appointed inspector.

After the consultation ends on October 31, the draft will be developed into a final version to be assessed from next summer.

It will be adopted by Liverpool City Council, subject to legal challenges, in late 2017.

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